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M DIXON. TOY'GAP EXPLODER.

No. 332,063. Patented Dec. 8, 1885.

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"PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,063, dated December 8, 1885.

Application filed April 29, 1885. Serial No. 163,865. (No model.)

To all whom it nay concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. DIXON, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toy Paper-Gap EXploders, of which the following is a fall, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure lis a side elevation of one of my toy paper-cap exploders, and showing in dotted lines the position of the bird after the paper cap has been exploded. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation ofthe same, taken through the line so :0, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan View of a part of the holder.

The object of this invention is to provide toy papercap exploders made in such a mannor that when the paper cap is exploded the representation of a bird perched upon the toy will fall on as if shot, and the sparks will be prevented from flying about.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the toy, as will be hereinafter fully described and then claimed.

A is the stock or holder, which is made semi-tubular, and with an open rear end and a closed forward end, which serves as an anvil for the paper cap to be exploded against. Upon the lower side of the rear end of the holder A is formed a handle, B, for holding the toy while being used.

0 is a rod, which is made somewhat longer than the holder A, and of such a size as to slide readily in the groove of the said holder.

To the lower side of the forward part of the rod (3 is attached aguide-pin. D,which passes through and slides in a guide-slot, E. in the bottom of the holder A, and is made with a head to prevent it from being withdrawnfrom the said slot E, and thus keep the rod Gin place in the said holder. I

In the holder A, at one side of the rear end of the slot E, is formed a recess, F, to receive the pin D when the rod 0 is drawn back and hold the said rod in that position while a paper cap is being placed against the inner side of the closed forward end of the holder A.

Upon the middle part of the rod 0 is placed a spiral spring, G, the forward end of i which is secured in the rear end of the slot E, or to some other part of the rear end of the holder A. The rear end ofthe spring G is secured to the rod 0 at, a suitable distance from its rear end.

To a loop, H, formed upon the closed forward end of the holderA, is hinged an eyestrap, I, formed upon the end of the base J, upon which is formed the representation K of a bird, which stands with its head toward the rear end of the toy. The base J is made semi-tubular in form, and of such a size as to fit loosely upon the upper edges of the holder A and allow the forward end of the rod 0 to move freely in and out beneath it, while at the same time the sparks from the paper cap will be prevented from flying about.

In using the toy, the rod 0 is drawn back and slightlyturned to bring the pin-D into the recess F. the bird K being in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The paper cap is then laid against the closed forward end of the holder A, and the rod 0 is released and allowed to move forward gently against the said paper cap to hold it in place.

When the cap is to be exploded, the bird K is swung up into the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 and in full lines in Fig. 1, and the rod 0 is drawn back and released quickly, when it will be thrown forward by the spring G with sufficient force to explode the paper cap, the jar throwing the bird K forward into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, giving it the appearance of being shot and falling from its perch.

Having thus fully described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1 A toy paper-cap exploder constructed substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of the semi-tubular holder A, having closed forward end, a handle, B, a slot, E, and recess F, the rod 0, having guide-pin D, working in the slot E, and provided with a spring, G, attached to it and to the said base J, hinged to the forward end of the said holder, as set forth.

JAMES T. GRAHAM, C. SEneWIcK.

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